novelraw Chapter 190
Chapter 190
Chapter 190: It’s No Use Saying Anything Else, The Tail Is Already Up
Bidding Farewell to the Old and Welcoming the New, the old year quickly passed, and time came to the first month of the lunar year.
There was no complicated visiting relatives ritual in Xia Li’s family.
Mrs. Fang was responsible for visiting relatives. She always thought Xia Li standing there was a burden, affecting the atmosphere of her chatting with her sisters, so after Xia Li grew up, she didn’t like to take him with her.
Xia Li was therefore happy to be free.
During the first few days of the new year, he greeted a few neighbors in the community who often took care of them, and this year’s New Year’s greetings were considered done.
There was nothing much to say about Chen Tao and Hou Zijie’s families.
Taking two boxes of milk and fruit, opening the door to exchange a few greetings, and then bickering with his good brothers in front of the elders, he could pat his butt and slip away.
What made Xia Li pay extra attention was Fu Yuan’s family.
It was Fu Yuan’s mother who opened the door, and the whole family was sullen inside the house. Xia Li greeted everyone one by one, and then beat around the bush to inquire about Fu Yuan’s current situation.
Fu Yuan would continue to take the civil service exam, but Zhou Anqi had indeed given up her research.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Anqi’s family was in a great uproar.
Even across a unit, Xia Li could hear Fu Yuan’s almost broken voice making promises.
Those voices, earth-shattering, scared the little dragon in Xia Li’s house. She thought Watermelon Head was quarreling with someone.
Zhou Anqi’s family did not object to her love interest, but the matter of giving up her research really angered them.
Later, the matter just passed.
Although Zhou Anqi’s parents were traditional, Zhou Anqi was an adult after all, and it was impossible for them to control their daughter’s every choice like they did when she was a child.
Since this path was chosen, the rest was to grit their teeth and continue on.
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The fifteenth day of the first lunar month passed in a flash.
After the new year, the community returned to tranquility, and there were no more startling firecrackers.
As the winter vacation drew to a close, the human cubs who went out to play and frolic every day returned home to do their homework obediently. Often at this time, it was the time to create a miracle with a desk lamp overnight.
On a pleasant afternoon.
Lucia sat on a small stool, writing.
She had studied several textbooks on veterinary medicine with Xia Li during this period, and now at least she could keep up with the theory.
The complicated names of human medicines made Lucia’s scalp tingle.
She didn’t have the memory of humans who had been trained through nine years of compulsory education. Every time she saw complicated words and chemical symbols, Lucia would close her eyes and fall asleep.
Xia Li thought the dragon was deeply affected and comforted her several times.
He told Lucia that this was just an internship, it was normal to not be able to memorize these medicine names, and even if she memorized them, she wouldn’t be able to use them…
As a result, while persuading her, the dragon fell asleep on the coffee table.
Sometimes Xia Li had to admire Lucia’s attitude towards life.
If it were Xia Li himself, he would be so anxious that he couldn’t sleep all night because he couldn’t overcome a knowledge point.
And Lucia…
She directly had a bright mentality of ‘sleep when encountering difficulties’.
“Zzz… Huh?”
After sleeping soundly for about ten minutes, Lucia suddenly remembered that she was still reading a book just now.
She immediately wiped the corners of her mouth, sat up and glanced at the time on the wall clock.
“Xia Li, Xia Li. ”
Just like a little beast looking for its mother as soon as it opened its eyes, the first thing Lucia did when she woke up was to look for Xia Li.
It just so happened that Xia Li was right next to her.
Xia Li was holding a pen and had finished the last test paper.
“Are you hungry?”
It was still early, not yet time for dinner, so Xia Li took a pack of biscuits and stuffed them into Lucia’s hands to cushion her stomach.
It’s true that you gain three pounds during every festival.
After more than ten days of nourishment, the evil dragon had gained a few more pounds of flesh.
Now holding her in his arms, there was no longer the feeling of being frightened by the bony frame, and her little hands were soft and tender, very comfortable to pinch.
Xia Li contentedly took Lucia’s dragon claw.
It felt great to touch his own girlfriend.
Lucia’s fingers were as slippery as loaches, and the satisfied expression Xia Li showed when holding her hand always made Lucia feel shy.
She secretly withdrew her hand and shook her head.
“Not hungry yet. ”
This Brave, who are you looking down on!
As a dignified giant dragon, she was not the kind of useless dragon who woke up hungry.
She was a hardworking dragon with social value!
“What day is it today?”
“The 27th. ”
“That is… two more days!”
“Yes, two more days, and you’ll be going to work. ” Xia Li sighed.
In order to facilitate salary calculation, the pet hospital over there asked Lucia to report to the store on March 1st. This year was a leap year, and there was one more day in February, so Lucia had two days left for her vacation.
Xia Li felt sad when he thought about this.
It felt like a little bird he had raised himself was about to fly away.
The little bird adapted to the new sky and wanted to spread its wings and soar, while he chose… to let go.
Thinking of this, Xia Li pulled the runaway dragon claw over again and held it tightly.
“Actually, I’m afraid that after you come into contact with the outside world, you will change. ” He said softly.
“Change?” Lucia blinked.
“I promised you, I will never use magic indiscriminately!”
“It’s not about that…” Xia Li’s tone was tinged with sadness.
People change, and so do their feelings.
Just like what Chen Tao said when he was drinking last time:
‘You don’t like something you used to like, there’s nothing wrong with that thing, and there’s nothing wrong with you’.
Lucia had lived on Earth for three months, and when she understood human emotions, she possessed ‘human nature’.
However, this short period of time was far from enough to stabilize her temperament.
Most of human nature is nurtured, and Lucia was still a blank sheet of paper that had not been completely colored, easily polluted by external colors.
Xia Li didn’t want to let go originally.
But this day would come sooner or later.
He and Lucia were both independent individuals, and no one had the right to forcibly imprison anyone’s freedom.
Even Xia Li himself needed to spend energy maintaining social relationships with friends and relatives.
Even he couldn’t guarantee that he would devote 100% of his feelings to Lucia. Relatively, Lucia should also have her own social circle, which was her right as a human being.
Lucia was silent for a long time, looking at Xia Li’s reluctant and somewhat resentful expression.
After a while, an old saying came to her mind.
“Once you’ve seen the vast ocean, it’s hard to be impressed by other waters, except for the clouds over Mount Wu…”
“…”
This was something called ‘ancient poetry’, a civilization left behind by this country underfoot. Lucia had learned it when she was learning Chinese characters, and Xia Li should have heard of it too.
But Xia Li, who heard this sentence, didn’t react much.
Lucia thought he didn’t understand, so she took the initiative to explain.
“This sentence roughly means… Once you’ve been to the vast ocean, you won’t be impressed by the rivers you see elsewhere. ”
“Xia Li, you are the vast ocean!”
Lucia said in a definite tone.
She wanted to use this method to alleviate the Brave’s worries.
In her opinion, the Brave was afraid that those human males in society would attract her attention.
It was normal for males to be possessive of females.
Actually, there was no need to worry about this at all.
Their dragon race had very strict aesthetic requirements.
Those humans outside, to Lucia, looked like goblins, not pleasing to the eye at all… In her eyes, there was only the Brave.
“So, you don’t have to worry about this problem!”
Lucia raised her hand, and Xia Li, who was holding her claw, also raised his hand.
Actually, what Xia Li wanted to say was not this kind of problem…
Well, this was also a problem.
Letting this dragon return to society, in Xia Li’s opinion, everything was a problem.
But soon, Xia Li felt relieved.
Lucia worked for eight hours, and the rest of the time was spent at home. If her ideas went astray, Xia Li could stop her in time.
“It’s rare for you to say a love word, ” Xia Li said with some emotion, “Then I’ll reward you with a kiss…”
“But!”
Seeing that the Brave had already pursed his sinful lips, Lucia raised her small hand and pinched them, making them into a duck’s beak.
She wouldn’t say love words.
Love words were human things, she was a dragon, she didn’t understand anything.
Lucia blushed and interrupted Xia Li’s spellcasting.
“…If I come back and smell the scent of other females, you’re definitely finished. ”
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Xia Li opened his eyes: “I won’t bring other women back…”
“Then I’ll call Aunt Fang and tell her!”
“I said this kind of thing won’t happen. ”
“I will also tell everyone in the community, and then announce it to the world, so that your face as a Brave will be lost!”
“Okay, okay, stop threatening me, you’re making enemies out of thin air, why don’t you come here and claim your reward. ”
Xia Li was impatient and wanted to block that chattering little mouth.
“I won’t claim it… This is your reward for yourself!”
The evil dragon was unhappy and acted coquettishly in his arms.
The two of them twisted together like a twist.
They tossed from the living room to the bedroom, and then from the bedroom to the small dark room. Even Cotton couldn’t stand it anymore.
I’ve seen Brave fighting evil dragons, but this was the first time I’ve seen an evil dragon teasing a Brave.
The key was that Lucia was too agile, Xia Li couldn’t taste any sweetness at all, and after a while of fussing, he didn’t even touch her little mouth.
“I’m not playing anymore. ”
Xia Li withdrew his hand and sat back in his chair sullenly, typing on the keyboard.
Lucia stood on the bed in the small dark room, panting, with her hands on her hips.
Just a Brave, that’s it?
He ran out of patience after running two steps, and with this stamina, he still wanted to capture her, a dragon?
If she had known this, when she first saw the Brave at the convenience store, she shouldn’t have been afraid of him and just snatched the bun. The Brave wouldn’t have been able to catch up.
From then on, she would no longer lose face and be a majestic silver dragon…
However, if she did this, there would be no story between her and the Brave later.
So it was better to obediently hand over the stolen bun.
A bun in exchange for a long-term meal ticket from the Brave, it was a good deal.
“Are you angry?”
Lucia was tired from playing, jumped off the bed barefoot, and walked to Xia Li’s side.
Her cheeks were still flushed, her small mouth was breathing hot air, the green dinosaur pajamas she was wearing were twisted after a while of tossing, and her blue hair was messy.
Xia Li was as still as a mountain, just glanced at her lightly, and turned back to continue typing.
Seeing that Xia Li ignored her, Lucia pouted and walked to the living room like a dragon.
As she walked, the green dinosaur tail behind her buttocks swayed back and forth, and her back looked indescribably cute.
After staying for about two minutes, Lucia couldn’t sit still anymore.
For a full 120 seconds, the Brave didn’t move.
Oh no, the Brave seemed really angry.
That great, selfless, merciful Brave… was actually so petty.
Angry for not getting a kiss?
It wasn’t that Lucia hadn’t been kissing Xia Li recently.
But Lucia felt something was wrong.
“Has Auntie not been here these days?”
Pretending to be busy walking around the living room, Lucia returned to the small dark room and watched Xia Li work.
In order to find a topic to break the silence, Lucia deliberately brought up the matter of the Brave’s mother.
Xia Li’s hand on the keyboard paused, deleting the two words he had just typed.
“Yes, the New Year is over, didn’t she come to cook glutinous rice balls for us two days ago… That was the Lantern Festival, which is the last day of the human New Year celebration. ”
“Oh…”
Lucia nodded as if she understood.
The New Year was nothing special to her, it was just the occasional sound of fireworks and firecrackers, the temperature was colder than before, the streets were full of festive red, and the happy expressions on human faces.
Lucia couldn’t understand the meaning of reunion for the time being.
To her, welcoming the New Year was just one word: eat.
Especially eating glutinous rice balls, Lucia remembered it clearly.
Those sweet, salty, white balls were sticky in the mouth, and the taste was somewhat similar to the fried rice cakes sold outside.
“Do you want to see my mother?”
Xia Li turned the chair and fixed his eyes on Lucia.
Lucia’s eyes lit up.
Great, the Brave was paying attention to her.
It was easy to coax the mere Brave, wasn’t it?
“Not really…”
“Just say it if you want to see her, didn’t I tell you to learn to express your feelings… Also, when you go to the pet hospital for internship, send me a message when you miss me, and send me a message when you don’t miss me, it will make me very happy, you know?”
Xia Li started nagging again when he caught a point.
He glanced at the expression on the evil dragon’s face and continued.
“You’ve been very distant from me recently, and you’re going to work, which makes me very uneasy. ”
Xia Li didn’t intend to say these things, but Lucia’s recent performance was indeed like this.
Perhaps thinking of Lucia’s upcoming life of commuting to and from work, Xia Li felt an indescribable emptiness in his heart.
It could also be that the last few times he asked for a kiss, Lucia dodged…
Vaguely, Xia Li felt rejected by the evil dragon.
“I didn’t alienate you!”
Lucia raised her head and retorted loudly.
Obviously Xia Li was the victim, but the evil dragon showed an expression of being wronged.
“Mainly…because…”
“Mainly because of what?” Xia Li pressed.
Lucia’s eyes flickered, but she felt that this kind of thing couldn’t be avoided, otherwise the disappointment Xia Li showed just now would become deeper and deeper.
“Mainly because…you, you, you, when you kiss me, I want to stick my tail out. ”
Xia Li: “?”
What??
“Don’t you have a tail now?”
“Yes!” Lucia said blushing, “But there’s this feeling…it’s not right!”
“What’s wrong, you…”
Xia Li suddenly stopped when he said this.
It was indeed wrong.
For the dragon race, extending their tail and intertwining with the other party was a more intimate action.
This kind of action would only be triggered under specific circumstances.
Got it.
Lucia liked him more.
“I, I, I’m a female dragon, I shouldn’t be like this…so it must be wrong. ” Lucia lowered her head and reflected on herself.
The gloomy expression on Xia Li’s face completely disappeared, he hugged the evil dragon and comforted her.
“It’s okay, this is normal, maybe for you, the way humans express feelings and the way dragons express feelings are fused? Just like when you and I sit together, my tail will also react. ”
“Xia Li, you have a tail too?” Lucia turned her head in surprise.
Xia Li scratched his cheeks, facing those pure eyes, he felt a sense of guilt.
“I can’t say. ”
“What do you mean by ‘I can’t say’?”
“What are you asking so much for, little dragon?”
Xia Li retorted blushing, with a hint of anger and embarrassment.
Why did the topic suddenly go astray…
He was still depressed just now wondering if there was a problem with his relationship with Lucia, why did he regain his confidence so quickly?
This dragon really had a special magic.
Staying by her side, it was difficult to be in a bad mood.
This guy was a pistachio.
Lucia, who was being held by Xia Li, was not honest at all.
Those small hands went around Xia Li’s waist, then around the back of the chair, exploring down like little snakes.
Seeing that her small hands had touched Xia Li’s buttocks, those two fingers even pinched his buttocks.
Xia Li: “What are you doing?”
“You don’t have a tail…”
Lucia raised her innocent face and said in an innocent tone.
Wrong.
Wrong direction.
The tail was in the front…
“Ahem. I lied to you. ”
Xia Li coughed lightly, blushing, pulled the keyboard over and continued working.